Self reliance emerson questions and answers pdf

People will find truth within themselves, not through logic, religion or the senses. Nature is a doorway to the spiritual world Included in this 7 page document are excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance", with an assignment of discussion questions and a motivational poster project for students to complete. Students are asked to discuss the meaning of the verse preceding the essay and to highlight 5 sentences from the essay that stand out to them, and then asked to annotate what you think the sentence means, and why the sentence stands out to them. On the back of the poster, they write a paragraph that explains what they think the quotation means and why the quotation stands out for them.

What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean? Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph? What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph? Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind? What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch? What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?